(30 Apr 2020, 10:26 pm)Adrian wrote I can only speak from my County, but although Corbyn was one of the top 5 negatives brought up during canvassing, more than double that quoted Brexit/our Brexit stance.
The leadership issue is complicated, and as we now know, was setup to fail. See: https://labourlist.org/2020/04/internal-...by-labour/
I suppose, either way you look at it there was no conceivable way that Labour could have won the last election. Having said that, I stayed up to watch the results come in and I was genuinely surprised by the amount of seats that the Conservatives took.
I was expecting them to take Bishop Auckland as it was already fairly close, but the likes of NW Durham and Blyth Valley I never would have thought.
Having lived in a Labour area all my life, it always felt pointless voting as it was pretty much guarantee that Labour would win, but the last election has shown that they can't take anything for granted anymore. All that remains to be seen is whether those areas that have turned blue for the first time stay that way, or whether people will go back to Labour now that Brexit has been done